Moody (album)
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | January 8, April 12 and September 29, 1954 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7072 | |||
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Moody (also released as Moody's Workshop) is an album by saxophonist James Moody composed of sessions from 1954 with a septet arranged by Quincy Jones. The LP was released on the Prestige label.[1][2]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, stated: "In the mid-'50s James Moody led a four-horn septet that played music falling somewhere between bop and rhythm & blues. The danceable rhythms and riffing made its recordings somewhat accessible but the solos of Moody (on tenor and alto) and trumpeter Dave Burns also held listener's interests".[3]
Track listing
[edit]- All compositions by Quincy Jones, except where indicated.
- "Keepin' Up with Jonesy" – 3:14
- "Workshop" (Gil Fuller) – 3:08
- "NJR (I'm Gone)" – 3:19
- "A Hundred Years from Today" (Ned Washington, Joe Young, Victor Young) – 2:45
- "Jack Raggs" (Jack Raggs) – 2:40
- "Mambo with Moody" (James Moody, Newbolt) – 4:07
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 3:03
- "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) – 3:53
- "Moody's Mood for Blues" – 5:35
- "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional) – 2:51
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" - (tenor sax take) (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:51
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on January 8, 1954 (tracks 1-4), April 12, 1954 (tracks 5-7), September 29, 1954 (tracks 8, 9 & 11) and January 28, 1955 (track 10)
Personnel
[edit]- James Moody – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Dave Burns – trumpet
- William Shepherd – trombone
- Pee Wee Moore – baritone saxophone
- Sadik Hakim (tracks 1-4), Jimmy Boyd (tracks 5-11) – piano
- John Latham – bass
- Joe Harris (tracks 1-7), Clarence Johnston (tracks 8-11) – drums
- Quincy Jones – arranger
- Eddie Jefferson – vocal (track 2)
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
References
[edit]- ^ Prestige Records discography. Retrieved February 4, 2013
- ^ Discogs album entry. Retrieved February 4, 2013
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, February 4, 2013